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Why is this so baffling a shocking? I think we all knew this was possible before anybody actually did it. It's not like their using proper crypto. It's the eq
by Fuxy 13y ago
Why is this so baffling a shocking?
I think we all knew this was possible before anybody actually did it. It's not like their using proper crypto.
It's the equivalent of a bad house lock give me some good lock picks and 60 seconds and I'm in so why is this so surprising?
- dclowd9901 13y agoFrom what they describe, it sounds like the locking systems use a system that works like a VPN key (this was actually surprising to me). Those seem pretty tough to crack, so why would this be any different?
- PeterisP 13y agoEven if you use practically unbreakable encryption keys, there are a million things that you can fail in the whole cryptosystem and any one of them will make you vulnerable. How are keys generated? What is the source of randomness? How are keys reset if needed? What are the manufacturer/service/guvmint backdoors in the keys? etc.
- Fuxy 13y agoI think you're on to something with the backdoor. Backdoors have to be extra secure because if you hack that you have access to all of them. Hell they shouldn't even exist it's like asking to be exploited.
- fragmede 13y agoThere is obviously something broken somewhere, but I'd consider 128-bit AES to be 'proper crypto'.